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Waiting for the Barbarians

It is the--It is the character-- barbarian character for "war." Although it can also...

It is the--
It is the character-- barbarian character for "war." Although it can also stand
for "vengeance," and if-- if you turn it
upside down like this, it can mean

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It is the-- It is the character--
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barbarian character for "war."
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Although it can also stand for "vengeance,"
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and if-- if you turn it upside down like this,
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it can mean...
Duration
17 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
01:27:23
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
drama
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.
"justice." - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:08
"justice."
That is a part of barbarian c-cunning. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
That is a part of barbarian c-cunning.
Slips, they can be read in many ways. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
Slips, they can be read in many ways.
They can be read as a plan of war, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:10
They can be read as a plan of war,
You have no idea how tiresome your behavior is. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
You have no idea how tiresome your behavior is.
You are the only official on the frontier - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
You are the only official on the frontier
When I arrived back, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:09
When I arrived back,
You would be free to go back to your old life - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
You would be free to go back to your old life
However, you seem to have a new ambition. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
However, you seem to have a new ambition.
You want to make a name for yourself - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
You want to make a name for yourself
You want to get your name into the history books, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
You want to get your name into the history books,
People are not interested - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
People are not interested
We will end these troubles, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
We will end these troubles,
These pitiable creatures of yours, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
These pitiable creatures of yours,
No, you-- you are the enemy, Colonel. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
No, you-- you are the enemy, Colonel.
You-- You deserve to be hanged. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
You-- You deserve to be hanged.
Now to business. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
Now to business.
I would like a statement from you - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:11
I would like a statement from you
[laughing] - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:13
[laughing]
[gasps] - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
[gasps]